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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

I enjoyed watching a Must-see movie re organic farming "Dreaming of a Vetter World" at Stanford

"I enjoyed watching a Must-see movie re organic farming "Dreaming of a Vetter World" at Stanford . Fertilizers & chemicals are killing the soil of our heartland, which is the soul of America...one man & his family found a better way..which we should encourage others to follow" see https://www.dreamingofavetterworld.com/

Monday, October 8, 2018

As a Christian I believe in environmentalist stewardship...not just shutting down all oil exploration..it should be both/and rather than either/or ... healthy balance

 As a Christian I believe in environmentalist stewardship...not just shutting down all oil exploration..it should be both/and rather than either/or ... healthy balance

I wish politicians Kevin Ranker & Hannah Beth Jackson would stick to how to improve the environment rather than anti-Trump cheapshots. Im not here for an anti-Trump rally

I wish politicians Kevin Ranker & Hannah Beth Jackson would stick to how to improve the environment rather than anti-Trump cheapshots. Im not here for an anti-Trump rally

today at UCI: "STRENGTHENING THE GREAT BLUE WALL: WEST COAST RESPONSE TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING" 10/8/18

today at UCI: "STRENGTHENING THE GREAT BLUE WALL: WEST COAST RESPONSE TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING" 10/8/18

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Friday, September 21, 2018

NOT SO GOOD "87 days of smog: Southern California just saw its longest streak of bad air in decades -" Los Angeles

"
The ozone pollution spell began June 19 and continued through July and August, with every day exceeding the federal health standard of 70 parts per billion somewhere across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It didn't relent until Sept. 14, when air pollution dipped to "moderate"..."

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-smog-streak-20180921-story.html

Monday, August 28, 2017

"Ocean fog carries mercury, a neurotoxin, to land, science reveals"

"
What they found was 10 times more mercury in the West Coast's fog than in rainwater. The team also compared mercury levels between local plants and animals and their counterparts from non-foggy areas. They found: six to 10 times higher mercury levels in the Santa Cruz Mountains' pumas, two times higher levels in local deer and elevated..."


http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/environment-and-nature/20170825/ocean-fog-carries-mercury-a-neurotoxin-to-land-science-reveals

JESUS HEALS!

Sunday, August 27, 2017

BECAUSE WE'RE INTELLIGENT "Why Are White American Evangelicals So Skeptical About Climate Change?"

"Jenkins employs an interesting sleight of hand when he attributes WAEs' views in part to their seeing the sky as "the symbolic province of deities and/or stochastic forces operating at scales beyond human reach." The first part, "symbolic province of deities," conjures thoughts of polytheistic superstition, and the reader unfamiliar with climate science then readily assumes the second must be equally irrational. But that earth's climate is stochastic is recognized by all climate scientists, and one CAGW skeptic who discusses the difficulty of attributing recent warming to human influence in light of climate's stochasticity is applied mathematician Dr. Christopher Essex , who is an agnostic, not an evangelical.
Significantly, Jenkins..."

http://www.christianpost.com/news/why-are-white-american-evangelicals-so-skeptical-about-climate-change-196718/

JESUS HEALS!

Monday, August 21, 2017

SUNSCREEN MAY BE THE BIGGEST SCAM OF ALL TIME "Is Your Sunscreen Poisoning the Ocean? -" NYTimes.com

"Up to 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter the world's reefs annually, according to a 2015 paper published in the journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Most of it — including products by Aveeno, Banana Boat, Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic and Neutrogena — contains a chemical called oxybenzone to deflect UV rays.
Even in minute...."


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/19/opinion/sunday/sunscreen-poisoning-ocean-reef.html

JESUS HEALS!

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

WHAT THE HECK IS GORE DOING? "Al Gore’s home devours 34 times more power than average"

"
In just this past year, Gore burned through enough energy to power the typical American household for more than 21 years, according to a new report by the National Center for Public Policy Research. The former vice president consumed 230,889..."

http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/08/al-gores-home-devours-34-times-more-power-than-average/?cat_orig=us

JESUS HEALS!

Monday, July 17, 2017

"A mission to the Pacific plastic patch" - BBC News

"
Ms Boerger has seen the impact of oceanic garbage patches first hand, aboard the Alugita and she says that some fish species "have more man-made plastic in their stomach than their natural food"... "

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40584629

JESUS HEALS!

Saturday, July 15, 2017

"Fukushima's Nuclear Waste Will Be Dumped Into the Ocean, Japanese Plant Owner Decides"

"Takashi Kawamura, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), told foreign media that nearly 777,000 tons of water tainted with tritium, a byproduct of the nuclear process that is notoriously difficult to filter out of water, will be dumped into the Pacific Ocean..."

http://www.newsweek.com/fukushima-nuclear-waste-dumped-ocean-japanese-protests-637108

JESUS HEALS!

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

EXCITING, SOUNDS HOPEFUL "Ant power: Take a ride on a bus that runs on formic acid "- BBC News

"
Formic acid is found in nature, delivered in the stings and bites of ants and other insects - the Latin word for ant is formica.
And this simple carboxylic acid (chemical formula HCOOH) is already used in textiles and leather processing, as a livestock feed preserva...."

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40403351

JESUS HEALS!

Sunday, June 4, 2017

"The world's most toxic town: the terrible legacy of Zambia's lead mines "| Environment | The Guardian

"
One local source reports that there are children with brain damage, paralysis and blindness – all classic symptoms of lead poisoning – who have not been tested for lead, and that some children with disabilities are hidden away by families fearing stigma. A second source says that the children in Chowa, the township that once housed the mines and smelter workers, are markedly..."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/28/the-worlds-most-toxic-town-the-terrible-legacy-of-zambias-lead-mines

JESUS HEALS!

Thursday, June 1, 2017

10 FOOTBALL FIELDS "Big Sur landslide adds 13 acres to California coast"

"
New aerial photos of the massive new Big Sur landslide show that the California coast has expanded by a stunning 13 acres — the size of 10 football fields.
The historic three-dimensional..."

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/31/big-sur-coast-has-grown-13-acres-from-new-landslide/

JESUS SAVES!

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

"The world's most toxic town: the terrible legacy of Zambia's lead mines " | Environment | The Guardian

"Having been to probably 20 toxic hotspots throughout the world, and seeing mercury, chromium and many contaminated lead sites, [I can say] the scale in Kabwe is unprecedented," says Prof Jack Caravanos, an environmental health expert at New York University, on his fourth visit to the town. "There are thousands of people affected here, not hundreds as in other places."..."


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/28/the-worlds-most-toxic-town-the-terrible-legacy-of-zambias-lead-mines

JESUS SAVES!

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Re CLIMATE CHANGE "Time to Drain the Liberal Hollywood Swamp"

"Contradicting climate models once again, Antarctica is gaining tens of thousands of tons of ice each year, even as some ice-shelves collapse. In addition, in the past few years, despite a warmer world, sea-ice extent in..."

http://conservativeread.com/time-to-drain-the-liberal-hollywood-swamp/

Saturday, October 29, 2016

"Deal struck for world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica " The Scotsman

"The creation of the world's biggest marine reserve in Antarctica, covering an area more than six times the UK, has been hailed as a "milestone for conservation..."

http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/deal-struck-for-world-s-largest-marine-reserve-in-antarctica-1-4272136

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

"Outrage Over Fish Kill in Vietnam Simmers 6 Months Later "- NYTimes.com

"...weeks of silence, officials acknowledged in late June that the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, the Taiwanese company that owns the steel factory, had caused the deaths by leaking chemicals into the..."

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/world/asia/formosa-vietnam-fish.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=

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THEY THINK NOAH'S FLOOD IS COMING AGAIN [don't they know what the rainbow means? Oh yeah gays have hi-jacked that too] "To avoid the worst climate impacts, Obama tells Leo DiCaprio, ‘We’re really in a race against time’ " The Washington Post

For those of you who do not know the Bible story, God sent the flood because of evil people who would not repent on Earth,& only saved Noah & family on the ark, but He promised After the flood to never do it again,& said the rainbow would be a reminder of that promise, and I think that's a true story that can apply to all types of World wreckage, not just another flood.
We should care about the environment & be good stewards but not lose our literal minds about so-called climate change

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/03/to-avoid-the-worst-climate-impacts-obama-tells-leo-dicaprio-were-really-in-a-race-against-time/?utm_term=.dfbc0a891339

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Saturday, September 3, 2016

"Eighty per cent of the world's most precious habitats are unprotected, experts warn | " The Independent

"
"The world needs to do more to effectively protect our most biologically diverse spaces. Protected areas need to be better connected, to allow populations of animals and plants to mix and spread," he added.
"Also important is ensuring local..."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/national-parks-environment-endangered-species-habitats-deforestation-climate-change-key-areas-a7223686.html

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Friday, September 2, 2016

WHEN HONEYBEES R ALREADY ENDANGERED "Zika spraying kills millions of honeybees" - CNN.com

"(CNN) — The pictures are heartbreaking: Millions of honeybees lie dead after being sprayed with an insecticide targeting Zika-carrying mosquitoes.
"On Saturday, it was total energy, millions of bees foraging,..."

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/01/health/zika-spraying-honeybees/

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Monday, August 29, 2016

HOPEFULLY NOT RUDOLPH "Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway" | Offbeat News | US News

"STOCKHOLM (AP) — More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway in what wildlife officials are calling an unusually large natural disaster.
The Norwegian..."

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-08-29/lightning-strike-kills-more-than-300-reindeer-in-norway

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Saturday, August 20, 2016

TROUBLE IN PARADISE [only Montana so far] "Much of popular Yellowstone River closes after thousands of fish die " The Orange County Register

"The closure could last for months if river conditions don't improve and fish keep dying, according to officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. It extends to hundreds of miles of waterways that feed into the Yellowstone, including the Boulder, Shields and Stillwater rivers...."

http://m.ocregister.com/articles/fish-726420-yellowstone-river.html

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Wow! "In 24 Hours, 50 Million Trees Were Planted"

" India's goal to increase its forest cover to 235 million acres in the next 15 years has gotten a big boost. On July 11, more than 800,000 people in Uttar Pradesh state planted nearly 50 million saplings in 24 hours in a bid to set a new Guinness world record,
Popular Science reports...."

http://www.newser.com/story/228290/in-24-hours-50-million-trees-were-planted.html

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HEAT DOME MIDWEST "US Prepares For Scorching 100F 'Heat Dome"

http://news.sky.com/story/us-prepares-for-scorching-100f-heat-dome-10505156

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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Cali "The World's Largest Solar Plant Just Torched Itself " Gizmodo UK

" spokesperson for the plant said it's too early to comment on the cause, but it appears that misaligned mirrors are to blame. The Associated Press quoted Mike McClintock, the San Bernardino County fire captain, who said..."

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/05/the-worlds-largest-solar-plant-just-torched-itself/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uk%2Fgizmodo+%28Gizmodo+UK%29

Vk

Saturday, April 23, 2016

CRIMINALIZING DOUBT? "Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism "- The Washington Post

Ironic, that this is written by the Washington Post, who I always considered to be a left is publication as well.
"
Authoritarianism, always latent in progressivism, is becoming explicit. Progressivism's determination to regulate thought by regulating speech is apparent in the campaign by 16 states' attorneys general and those of the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, none Republican, to criminalize skepticism about the supposedly "settled" conclusions of climate science...."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-settled-science-consensus-du-jour/2016/04/22/46acd802-07de-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html

Vk

The SKY IS FALLING SAYS LEO "Leonardo DiCaprio tells leaders 'the world is now watching' at UN climate signing"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/23/leonardo-dicaprio-tells-leaders-the-world-is-now-watching-at-un/

Vk

Sunday, April 17, 2016

HYPE OR REAL? "Great Barrier Reef: the scale of bleaching has the most sober scientists worried " Environment | The Guardian

Unfortunately, we no longer can trust scientist or environmental this point blank. Because we know there's also those with an agenda going on so we don't know if this is 100% accurate and true, or propaganda

"...
scheme more befitting a pound shop.
What I was seeing beneath me was evidence of an environmental disaster that has been unfolding over the past few months – the largest mass coral bleaching event ever recorded in this region. This bleaching is the result..."
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/17/great-barrier-reef-worst-destruction

Vk

Sunday, March 6, 2016

(Right here in vernon) SICKENING:"Gov. Brown proposes $177 million for Exide lead contamination cleanup" | 89.3 KPCC

THE COMMUNITY OF VERNON REALLY GOT SCREWED BY THIS BATTERY CO.
"After years of silence, Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday
asked California state lawmakers to spend nearly
$177 million for expedited testing and cleanup of
lead contamination in communities around the
former Exide plant in Vernon..."

http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/02/17/57646/governor-proposes-176-million-for-exide-clean-up/

Thursday, March 3, 2016

"After DiCaprio Lectured Americans About Climate Change, His Activist Cred Gets Slayed with One Photo"

"
"DiCaprio took at least 20 trips across the
nation and around the world this year alone
– including numerous flights from New York
to Los Angeles and back, a ski vacation to
the French Alps, another vacation to the
French Riviera, flights to London and Tokyo
to promote his film 'Wolf of Wall Street,' two
trips to Miami and trip to Brazil to watch the
World Cup."..."

http://injo.com/2016/03/550738-leonardo-dicaprio-climate-change/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=afternoon-newsletter&utm_medium=owned

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

WHAT THE ?! "Bin Laden called for Americans to rise up over climate change"

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD SOCIAL COMPANY FOR LEO DICAPRIO:
"Bin Laden contended that the world would be better off
fighting climate change than waging what he claimed was
a war against Islam.
"...the world should put its efforts into attempting to
reduce the release of gases," said the undated, unsigned
letter to someone identified as Shaykh Mahmud that U.S.
intelligence officials said they believed was written by bin
Laden..."

http://news.yahoo.com/bin-laden-called-americans-rise-over-climate-change-201955803.html

Thursday, February 25, 2016

JUST A MATTER OF TIME: "Infographic: Like Porter Ranch, neighborhoods in Playa del Rey, Montebello sit near aging gas wells "| 89.3 KPCC

PLAYA DEL REY FIELD NEAR LAX HAS OLD WELLS TOO
" leak in the
first place: it has dozens of wells that are even
older than the 63-year-old well that failed – wells
that in many cases are long overdue for
maintenance..."

http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/02/24/57876/like-porter-ranch-playa-del-rey-montebello-and-oth/

Friday, February 19, 2016

"Mystery behind European sperm whale deaths"

"...sperm whale after sperm whale kept stranding itself.
From January to early February, 30 of the magnificent
creatures died on the coasts of the U.K., Germany,
the Netherlands and northern France, all "bachelor"
or juvenile
.."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/02/19/mystery-behind-european-sperm-whale-deaths/80600960/

Monday, January 11, 2016

IT WAS A MITE THAT KILLED THE BEES? "A Hardier Honeybee That Fights Back By Biting Back"

'"
"The bees will take the mite and they will bite the
legs and will chew on the mite," Berta says. "And if
they bite a leg off of the mite, the mite will bleed to
death. So the bees are actually fighting back. That's
the type of genetic line we're after right now.".."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/11/462391470/a-hardier-honeybee-that-fights-back-by-biting-back

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

"Empirical Scientific Data Ignored in Climate Change"


--

If u declare with your mouth,

"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart 

that God raised Him from the dead, 

u will be saved." 

Romans 10.9

Sunday, January 3, 2016

SAVE THE BEES! "How African honey bees can help mitigate a world crisis" - CNN.com

"The African honeybee populations have so far largely
coped with the arrival of new parasites and pathogens .
But measures should be put in place to maintain their
apparently healthy status. Beekeepers should work with
local honeybee populations and refrain from importing
colonies from distant places.
..."
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/05/africa/african-honey-bees-conversation/index.html?eref=edition

Thursday, December 31, 2015

WHY IS IT CALLED EL NINO (ie "boy" or "Christ child"?)? "El Nino weather: Worries grow over humanitarian impact" - BBC News

"
El Nino is a naturally occurring weather episode that sees
the warm waters of the central Pacific expand eastwards
towards North and South America.
It was originally recognised by fishermen off the coast of
South America in the 1600s with the appearance of
unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean. El Nino
translates as Little Boy, or Christ Child.
The phenomenon, which happens every two to seven
years, usually peaks late in the calendar year, although
the effects can persist well into the following spring a
..."
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35159826

BELIEVE IT OR NOT: "WMO: 2015 likely to be Warmest on Record, 2011-2015 Warmest Five Year Period "| Media Centre

"
The years 2011-2015 have been the warmest five-year
period on record, with many extreme weather events -
especially heatwaves - influenced by climate change,
according to a WMO five-year analysis...."

https://www.wmo.int/media/content/wmo-2015-likely-be-warmest-record-2011-2015-warmest-five-year-period

"Floating anti-plastic waste dam to be tested in North Sea"

"
By 2020, the Ocean Clean project hopes to have installed
a 100-kilometre-long V-shaped floating barrier in the
Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a vortex in the North
Pacific where trash collects..."

http://news.yahoo.com/floating-anti-plastic-waste-dam-tested-north-sea-152430999.html

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

DISASTER STRIKES L.A. & NOBODY CARES: "There's a Methane Environmental Disaster Happening in Los Angeles "

ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE OF PORTER RANCH CARE,BUT THE REST OF L.A. BARELY SEEMS TO TAKE NOTICE:
"...
environmental toll: The Environmental Defense Fund says
the leak has the same daily impact as do the emissions
from 7 million cars—LA County has 6.2 million. The
director of the EDF's California oil and gas program adds
that the Porter Ranch site is part of an aging network
..."
http://m.newser.com/story/218181/theres-an-environmental-disaster-happening-in-la.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=autotweet1

Monday, December 14, 2015

HA HA: "Climate change: Scientists turn to faith to enlist supporters -"

Do they think the "religious folk" will be easy targets?
Think again. But then,it all depends on the religious leaders & what they emphasize. Most people will "follow the leader",for better or worse. That's why God will judge the leaders so much more critically. We have SO MANY preachers,& churches & mega-churches. Preachers WITHOUT integrity & ethics are just good at yanking peoples chains to maintain their own comfort level. Preachers WITH integrity can do a TON of good,but they are few & far between. I can usually tell a good or bad preacher instantly based on what they do when they see me for the 1st time. Bad preachers will try to control me with a long hard stare. Good preachers will just continue to do their job because they properly prepared & are doing their job.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_29209650/climate-change-scientists-turn-faith-enlist-supporters?source=rss

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

337 & COUNTING: "Hundreds of whales found dead in Chile" -The Tico Times

"
SANTIAGO, Chile — More than 300 whales have been
found washed up in a remote inlet in Patagonia in
southern Chile in one of the largest die-offs on record,
researchers said Tuesday..."

http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/12/01/hundreds-of-whales-found-dead-in-chile

Saturday, November 21, 2015

NEW STUDY: "Bee behaviour raises pollination fears "- NZ Herald

"..
"If you're having bees visiting more flowers and [being]
more active, you would presume that they're probably
going to deliver better pollination services," Stanley
said. It was only when whole colonies were released at
once that the bees' collective pollination services
suffered...."

http://mobile.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.php?c_id=2&objectid=11549137&ref=rss

Thursday, November 19, 2015

7/22/15 re resilient communities, (2 day conference @ UCI


 7/22/15
 re resilient 
communities,






--

If u declare with your mouth,

"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart 

that God raised Him from the dead, 

u will be saved." 

Romans 10.9

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

(pic) thanks for the CLEANUP to LA CONSERVATION CORPS

thanks for the CLEANUP to
...all young volunteers cleaning up the trash left by vagrants, transients,apathethics 
homeless, et al, 
near hollywood & highland, 
see




--

If u declare with your mouth,

"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart 

that God raised Him from the dead, 

u will be saved." 

Romans 10.9

Monday, November 9, 2015

(I heard about this on c2c) Re:"CO2 Dissociation Technologies "| Nova Institute of Technology

I heard a representative of Nova on coast-to-coast radio show talk about this on 11/7 (11/8/15).

This will revolutionize everything if it is legitimate.

http://novaiot.com/co2-dissociation-technologies/

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Third Annual Fall Symposium on Emerging Issues in Environmental Law Practice Desalination: A Solution to Drought and Clean Water Demands?

ALSO SEE



Third Annual Fall Symposium on Emerging Issues in Environmental Law Practice
Desalination: A Solution to Drought and Clean Water Demands?


E-Binder Table of Contents


I.      Articles/Commentary
II.     Government Documents
III.   Websites




I. Articles/Commentary

1.    Panelist: Dr. Jefferey Sellers
“Desalination Policy in a Multilevel Regulatory State,” UNAM

2.    Panelist: Heather Cooley, et, al.
“Key Issues in Seawater Desalination in California: Marine Impacts,” Pacific Institute, Dec 2013

3.    Panelist: Heather Cooley, et, al.
“Key Issues in Seawater Desalination in California: Costs and Financing,” Pacific Institute, Nov 2013

4.    “Desalination and Membrane Technologies: Federal Research and Adoption Issues,” Congressional Research
Service, Jan 2015

5.    New paper examines future of seawater desalination,” Notre Dame News, Aug 2011 http://news.nd.edu/news/25380-new-paper-examines-future-of-seawater-desalinization/

6.    “Desalination: A National Perspective,” The National Academy of Science, 2008

7.    Proceed with Caution: California’s Drought and Seawater Desalination,” NRDC Issue Brief, May 2014 http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/files/ca-drought-seawater-desalination-IB.pdf



II. Government Documents

1.    California State Water Resources Control Board http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/desalination/
   March 20, 2015 Draft Final Staff Report with Draft Final Substitute Environmental Documentation
(see last page for additional links)
   April 24, 2015 Draft Final Staff Report with Draft Final Substitute Environmental Documentation
(see last page for additional links)

2.    This just inState Water Board Adopts Desalination Amendment to Address Environmental Concerns In Desalination Facility Standards ,” State Water Resources Control Board, May 2015 http://mavensnotebook.com/2015/05/06/this-just-in-state-water-board-adopts-desalination-regulation-to- address-environmental-concerns-in-desalination-facility-standards/

3.    “State Water Board Addresses Environmental Concerns In New Desalination Facility Standards ,” State Water Resources Control Board, May 2015 (Press Release) http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/press_room/press_releases/2015/pr050615_desal.pdf

4.    “Water Quality Control Plan Ocean Waters Of California, State Water Resources Control Board, 2012 http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/docs/cop2012.pdf

5.    Draft Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Addressing Desalination Facility Intakes, Brine Discharges, and to Incorporate Other Nonsubstantive Changes. http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/desalination/docs/amendment/150424_final draftamendment.pdf

6.    Surfrider Foundation v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Nov 2012

7.    United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    Membrane Filtration Guidance Manual:

8.    “Seawater Desalination and the California Coastal Act,” California Coastal Commission, Mar 2004 http://www.coastal.ca.gov/energy/14a-3-2004-desalination.pdf

9.    Proposed Monterey Bay Regional Water Desalination,” Federal Register ,Vol 80, Number 104 , June 2015 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-06-01/html/2015-12877.htm

10. “Water Desalination Concentrate Management and Piloting,” South Florida Water Management District, Dec
2009




III. Websites


1.    San Diego County Water Authority http://www.sdcwa.org/
    Seawater Desalination: The Carlsbad Desalination Project:
    Carlsbad Desalination Project Crews Complete Construction of 10-Mile Pipeline:

2.    The Carlsbad Desalination Project http://carlsbaddesal.com/
    Project Overview:

3.    Poseidon Water http://poseidonwater.com/
    Project Overview:
    The Carlsbad Project:

4.    South Coast Water District http://www.scwd.org/default.asp
    Doheny Ocean Desalination Project:





California State Water Resources Control Board:
   March 20, 2015 Draft Final Staff Report with Draft Final Substitute Environmental Documentation
(see below for additional links)



Document Link                                                                                     Description
SR/SED         Sections 1 to 13, March 20, 2015 version showing changes from the July 3, 2014 version in strikeout and underline.

Appendix A      Ocean Plan with the proposed Desalination Amendment and other non-substantive changes in blue strikeout or underline

Appendix B      Environmental Checklist

Appendix C      Tables of Life History Information on Select California Marine Organisms


Appendix D      Summary Tables of Entrainment Studies

Appendix E      Guidance Documents for Assessing Entrainment Including Additional Information on the Following Loss Rate Models: Fecundity Hindcasting (FH), Adult Equivalent Loss (AEL) and Area Production Forgone using an Empirical Transport Model (ETM/APF)

Appendix F      Summary Tables of Salinity and Brine Studies

Appendix G     Economic Analysis

Appendix H      Response to Public Comments Received by August 19, 2014

Appendix I      Responses to External Scientific Peer Review Comments




California State Water Resources Control Board:
   April 24, 2015 Draft Final Staff Report with Draft Final Substitute Environmental Documentation
(see below for additional links)



Document Link                                                                                      Description
SR/SED           Sections 1 to 13 April 24, 2015 version showing changes from the March 20, 2015 version in strikeout
and underline.

Appendix A        Ocean Plan with the proposed Desalination Amendment and other non-substantive changes in blue strikeout or underline

Appendix B        Environmental Checklist

Appendix C        Tables of Life History Information on Select California Marine Organisms

Appendix D       Summary Tables of Entrainment Studies

Appendix E        Guidance Documents for Assessing Entrainment Including Additional Information on the Following Loss Rate Models: Fecundity Hindcasting (FH), Adult Equivalent Loss (AEL) and Area Production Forgone using an Empirical Transport Model (ETM/APF)

Appendix F        Summary Tables of Salinity and Brine Studies

Appendix G       Economic Analysis

Appendix H       Response to Public Comments received by August 19, 2014

Appendix I        Responses to External Scientific Peer Review Comments

Appendix J        Response to Public Comments received by April 9, 2015